Mitra Kukar

When Simon McMenemy told his wife he had been named FourFourTwo’s Southeast Asian Coach of the Year in our inaugural football awards, she burst into tears. Not perhaps the expected reaction, but last season was nothing if not emotional for the well-travelled couple.

Arsenal had played in three different cities during their 1983 Indonesia tour: Medan, Jakarta and Surabaya. But, it was in Surabaya where all the magic happened, thanks to a certain Fandi Ahmad. Yudha Prastianto is here to relive the moment…